Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Was the Best-Selling Game on Amazon in 2018 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 March 2019 / 7,478 Views
Amazon has revealed the best-sellers of 2018 in video games on its website and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was the best-selling game. Six of the top 10 best-selling games on Amazon were for the Nintendo Switch, while the other four were for the PlayStation 4.
The next two games outside the top 10 were Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII and Red Dead Redemption 2 for the Xbox One.
Here are the top 10 best-selling games on Amazon in 2018:
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (NS)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (PS4)
- Super Mario Party (NS)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man (PS4)
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS)
- Super Mario Odyssey (NS)
- Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! (NS)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII (PS4)
- God of War (PS4)
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (NS)
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Surprised at SMP over Spider-Man. Anyway, Smash Bros is just dominating. Very impressive.
Why couldn't they be preordered? Is it because Amazon sometimes discounts games below the MSRP at launch?
I don't know for sure what started the dispute but it may have something to do with Amazon wanting cheaper prices from Sony than the competitors (GameStop, Walmart, Target, Best Buy, etc). Something that Amazon has had problems with in the past with Nintendo and Disney as well. It began in April following the release of God of War.
Hmm interesting. I know Nintendo didn't like them listing Switch games below MSRP but Amazon gave in pretty quickly.
I'm not. Switch has a far lower digital adoption rate compared to PS4 or XB1. A large number of those PS Store cards would have been converted to digital copies of games like Spider Man and RDR2.
True but the PS4 also has an install base more than 3 times larger in NA.
I'm more surprised BOTW is still number 10 despite being almost a year old by the start of this year.
pretty much everyone buying a Switch is still going to buy a copy of that game, it's a must play on the system, sort of like how everyone buying a ps4 probably ends up buying a copy of GTAV on it. Those games are must own's.
BOTW is almost 2 yrs. old. March 2019 will make it a full 2 yrs.
Beastly! Smash has over-performed to its install base on almost every generation past it's humble beginnings on the N64... https://youtu.be/80DZjfGBnfA
Not sure why you included that link but I enjoyed watching it anyway lol
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What REALLY impressed me was that it finished the year ranking #1 Overall, even ahead of the PSN cards.
Makes sense more would be going physical over digital for Switch when compared to PS4/Xbox but even then, Switch games are selling well in general. Mario Kart DX has been out of stock consistently throughout 2018 due to high demand on Amazon, and that's only 5th place.
how
Zelda still in the top 10? incredible.
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